Mandrake Linux 10.1 for PPC Released

OctaneZ writes "DistroWatch is reporting the first release of Mandrake 10.1 for PPC, this is the first PPC upgrade from the Mandrake camp since April of 2003. Release 10.1 includes stepping up to kernel 2.6.8, Gnome 2.6, and KDE 3.2.3. Release Notes and Torrent are available."

Comments

Here we go again,

[funkdid]

this was discussed in great detail here:

http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/04/10/03/2211236 .shtml?tid=106&tid=3

I prefer mandrake on the PC, but for the PPC patform Yellow Dog now suports (sort of) 64bit architecture. (Ooh Ahh).

Given the choice I'd go with Yellow Dog. Good to see Mandrake is keeping up with updates for mac though. I'd love to see their Live CD with PPC support (if that's even do-able)

Re:Here we go again,

[justMichael]

Gentoo has a LiveCD or pick a closer mirror.

I can't vouch for it though, I had their 1.4 LiveCD, but one of the Apple updates broke it and I haven't bothered to try again.

-- Sex Toys...

Re:But...

[JMZorko]

... because OSX doesn't always do it. OSX is wonderful (I use it all of the time) but there are some things Linux does that OSX does not:

1. AIO calls on non-file FDs i.e. sockets, pipes

2. userland calls for atomic operations (without using Carbon)

3. more current compiler support i.e. you can use any FSF version of gcc and not have to worry about having weird things happen if you mix FSF gcc with Apple's gcc

Now, #2 above can be done under OSX with a bit of PPC assembly, and as for #3, you can use FSF gcc alongside Apple's gcc, but you won't be able to make calls into Carbon / Cocoa with FSF's gcc, and Apple's gcc is always behind FSFs gcc (Apple's is 3.3, FSF is already at 3.4.2 I think, working on 4.0). FSF gcc changes eventually make it into Apple's gcc, but it takes time as Apple needs to add a lot of their own stuff that won't ever bein the FSF version.

Regards,

John